The friendly match to be held by Brazil and Argentina on June 11 in Australia as part of preparations for the Qatar-2022 World Cup has been canceled, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) reported on Wednesday.

The company that manages the television rights of the friendly against Brazil informed CBF on Tuesday that the game in Melbourne had been “canceled”, without explaining the reasons, Juninho Paulista, coordinator of the Brazilian team, said in a press conference. janeiro river.

The cancellation “greatly affects our preparations” for the World Cup, the former soccer player said.

On the Argentine side, the Scaloni have secured the match against Italy at Wembley, on 1 June, and it remains to be confirmed against which rival they will face in that window arranged by FIFA.

“We were prepared, with all the logistics needs for that game, because we understood that we had to fulfill that contract,” he added.

Juninho Paulista assured that they are taking steps to find another rival and take advantage of the international window, where they will face South Korea on June 2 in Seoul and Japan in Tokyo on June 6.

June will be FIFA’s penultimate date before the start of the World Cup, which will be held from November 21 to December 18.

“From the very beginning of the conversation, we will probably find an African opponent. Our recommendation is to play in Europe,” he said.

Before the World Cup begins, the five-time champions must clash with Lionel Messi’s Albiceleste in September in a place to be confirmed, in a match that matches the South American qualifier first scheduled for Sept. 5, 2021 in Sao Paulo .

But it was delayed by only five minutes into play due to the intervention of local health authorities for allegedly violating Argentina’s anticovid protocol.

The match didn’t have anything at stake from a qualifying point of view, as the ‘scratch’ secured the first place and the Albiceleste, the second.

The realization of this rivalry, its date and place “is an issue we are still discussing internally,” Juninho Paulista said.

Origin of the AFP